bachmann has the ability to raise a lot of money. when this first came out, no one thought that bachmann would be a serious contender and he would just have to tame romney on. >> do you think, karen, the buzz rumsfeld is now involved, bringing some of the folks back from the bush d.o.d. to brief perry so he's ready to talk on the stomp about some of this, good, bad, indifferent? >> probably not a bad thing. it certainly fuels the fire. at this point in the game, part of what you're trying to see, how viable would a kand candidacy be? when bits like this get out, people call if you're in, i'm behind you. part of it is getting a sense where he might stand. look, if he enters the rashgs interesting is he and michele bachmann will sort of duke it out for the right. if i'm mitt romney on the one hand you could say, maybe that's good for him, although i think it's bad for him, because it could force him farther to the right than he may want to go in a primary, given that you know, look, his eye is on the prize which is the general election